Presenter Resources
Our Country
Created by Annie Saunders and Becca Wolff
Produced by Octopus Theatricals
DESCRIPTION
From the wild frontier to Ancient Greece, OUR COUNTRY unearths violence in the ennobling origin myths of the West, embodied in one family. Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, Annie Saunders sets off on an autobiographical journey based on recorded conversations with her outlaw brother. On this trip into their personal and collective memory, they face each other at their most primal. OUR COUNTRY excavates the past to rethink the present, recalling a time when we were young—as siblings, as a nation, as a democratic system.
ARCHIVAL VIDEO
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PRODUCTION HISTORY
UPCOMING
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TOUR HISTORY
Under the Radar, 2022 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Broad Stage, Santa Monica 2019
Sibiu Festival, Romania 2019
Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe 2018
The Public Theater, Under the Radar 2018
The Getty Villa Experimental Theatre Lab 2016
The San Francisco Playhouse Devised Commission 2015
SCRIPT
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TECHNICAL RIDER
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TECH RESIDENCY NEEDS
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DOSSIER
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PROGRAM COPY
Version as of December 2021. Octopus Theatricals will provide updated version for each engagement.
APPROVED PHOTOS
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KEY ARTISTS
Annie Saunders
Annie Saunders (Creator, Performer) is a multidisciplinary creator and director of site-specific experiences, and has created award-winning multi-platform projects for major arts institutions including The Public Theater, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Broad Stage and Summerhall, as well as site-specific projects in disused spaces set for demolition and experiential campaigns for multinational brands. Her installation The Home, a headphone-based experience for one audience member at a time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, won the D&AD Yellow Pencil “Creative Excellence for Spatial Design and Installation Design'' and APA Ideas Awards in the UK for “Best Experiential Project” and “Best Use of Technology for Good”. Saunders is the founder and artistic director of site-specific performance company Wilderness, and her experimental project The Wreck for Opera Omaha was called ‘ingenious...a persuasive expression of complex female feeling,’ by the Wall Street Journal.
Becca Wolff
(Creator, Director) is a California-based director of theater & film. Her work has been seen at theaters across the country including A.C.T., The Public Theater, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and Long Wharf Theatre. Her films have screened around the world, including at Bay Area Childrens’, Brooklyn Intl., Outfest and the UK Asian Film Festivals. She is co-founder and artistic director of SCOTUS Theater. MFA Yale School of Drama. Member SDC.